Height in Chinese
height · HSK 2
个子
- 个 a bit of
- 子 son
他个子很高，比我高一头。 He is very tall, a head taller than me.
Other ways to say height
More words with 个 or 子
How do you say height in Chinese?
Height in Chinese is 个子 (gè zi). You can also say 身高 (shēn gāo), 高度 (gāo dù).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.